strict
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Example
“strict embrace”
Other meanings
Tense; not relaxed.
“strict fiber”
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
“to keep strict watch”
Related words
- overstrict
- semistrict
- strictish
- superstrict
- ultrastrict
- unstrict
- stricten
- strictly
- strict conditional
- strictness
- non-strict
- rule of strict construction
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "strictus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “strict” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.